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American City Business Journals, the Charlotte-based company that is taking over Portfolio.com, has a new boss--Whitney Shaw, one of the sons of Ray Shaw, the ACBJ CEO who died unexpectedly July 19.
The full release from S.I. Newhouse Jr., chairman of Advance Publication:

American City Business Journals chairman Ray Shaw died early Sunday morning from complications following a bee sting. He was 75.
Shaw joined ACBJ in 1989 after taking early retirement as president of Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. In his 20 years as chairman and chief executive of ACBJ, the company moved its headquarters from Kansas City to Charlotte, N.C., doubled the number of weekly business journals it publishes and expanded into magazines and other media. Along the way, employment grew from about 850 people to more than 1,900.

American City Business Journals chairman Ray Shaw died early Sunday morning from complications following a bee sting. He was 75.
Shaw joined ACBJ in 1989 after taking early retirement as president of Dow Jones & Co., publisher of The Wall Street Journal. In his 20 years as chairman and chief executive of ACBJ, the company moved its headquarters from Kansas City to Charlotte, N.C., doubled the number of weekly business journals it publishes and expanded into magazines and other media. Along the way, employment grew from about 850 people to more than 1,900.

Portfolio.com will migrate to a new home as part of Charlotte-based American City Business Journals Inc.'s bizjournals, effective in July.
Portfolio and American City Business Journals made the announcement Wednesday. Bizjournals will oversee the editorial and business sides of the site. The Portfolio.com editorial team and sales staff will be based in New York.

On a somber Monday morning in January of 2007, Washington Business Journal publisher Alex Orfinger picked up the phone and called his boss, American City Business Journals Chairman Ray Shaw, with a piece of devastating news. John McCalla, the paper’s 38-year-old editor, had just been found dead, the unexpected victim of heart disease.

Jo Barnett, Head of Social Enterprise at Virgin Money, which supports the Fiver Challenge said: “It’s great to see the creative business ideas pupils have come up with on this year’s Fiver Challenge, and seeing how much they have learned on the scheme.”
Michael Mercieca, CEO of Young Enterprise, said: “The Fiver Challenge is a great way for pupils to start developing important financial capability skills, as well as introducing them to the world of business in a fun, interactive way.

Michael Seto/Business InsiderSome of the biggest names on Wall Street are competing in Bloomberg's March Madness bracket challenge this year, including Mike Bloomberg himself and Bloomberg TV's Stephanie Ruhle, who spearheaded the competition.

EDMONTON — Imagine you received this invitation to attend Premier-designate Rachel Notley’s swearing in ceremony this Sunday: “Join Alberta’s new Premier Rachel Notley at this family-friendly event as her cabinet is sworn in. There will be music, and free frozen treats.”
You’d probably be flattered. And who couldn’t use a free frozen treat during Edmonton’s current heat wave?
Now, imagine the invitation also asked you to donate anywhere from $5 to $2,500 to the NDP?
Not feeling so flattered, eh?
You might even be feeling a little miffed, or worse.

For about two weeks I have been involved with a Facebook campaign sponsored by JPMorgan Chase who is giving away $5 million to charity. All one has to do is vote. Voting can be via Facebook or by Chase cardholders logging in and voting.
I have about 45,000 email subscribers but could only ring up about 1450 votes. A few days in the campaign we had perhaps 500 votes and were in 32nd place, good enough for a nice $50,000.
Yet, I was surprised by such a feeble showing in relation to the number of subscribers of this blog.